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Good thing we've got all the time in the world.

[ do you though ]

I'll show you how to shoot on the way.

Great. If you've got enough arrows, let's get to it.

You sure you don't need a knife? It's a lot sneakier than a spear.

[ she packs her stuff up and hops up ]

I can get a lot done with a spear. But if you have one to spare.

[ pulling out a shiv and passing it over ]

Can never be too armed.

[Shiv. . .]

Did you make this?

[ as she's loading a clip into her gun, ]

Yeah, me and Joel make most of our own stuff. Shivs, nail bombs, smoke bombs, molotovs.

[Tucking the shiv away, because sharp things are bound to be useful somehow.]

I've done smoke bombs. Just need some metal shards, machine muscle, and blast paste.

Metal shards? That sounds more like a nail bomb. It fuck someone up?

[She shakes her head.]

No, you use the shards to spark and ignite the blastpaste. That burns the machine muscle, which is how you get so much smoke.

You mentioned the machines before. You fight them more than people?

I've...dealt with machines longer.

[The. human kill count is pretty high these days.

She'll tilt her head, and get to walking.]

It sounds like you've had plenty of fighting to do.

Apparently, when you cross the country, there's a lot of people ready to kill you. I had to fight a lot in the QZ, so I guess the trying to kill you thing was just the next step.

[ off they go! ]

Edited 2024-08-10 20:16 (UTC)

What's the QZ, again?

Quarantine Zone. When the Outbreak hit, they shuttled as many people as they could fit in protected cities. Some of them are still around. People that don't wanna risk the outside, kids without families, smugglers. All shoved together in one shitty place under the militaries rule.

What's wrong with the outside, again?

[Just disappear into the woods. Foolproof.]

Infected trying to kill you, hunters trying to kill you, other non-hunter survivors trying to kill you, animals trying to kill you... loootta of shit trying to kill you, basically. And that's just the stuff that's alive.

So it's just the wilds.

...Well. Suppose you have to live somewhere.

The outsides not all bad. Its kind of beautiful with everything overgrown. There's old stores everywhere, or government buildings, or schools, and other stuff like that. They're pretty cool to explore and there's a ton of cool shit everywhere if it's not broken. Just right there where they left it.

Going to a music store must have been awesome. Maybe I can get my Walkman as a burden.

Edited 2024-08-16 03:50 (UTC)

That's an old music box?

Bingo. It's this little plastic rectangle that you put a tape in, and there's these things that go in your ears so you can listen to the music it plays. I've had to fix it a bunch, it's pretty old.

So you know a bit about repairing old world tech, too.

A little bit, when I'm interested in it.

[ she hands over the gun again. ]

Ready?

[She'll take the gun, and give a nod.]

Let's do it.

[ if Aloy will let her, she shows her how to grip the gun properly, manually fixing her hand placement ]

Okay, rules. First, always know where your fingers are, and don't put your finger on the trigger unless you're ready to shoot. Keep it next to it, but off the trigger. Otherwise, keep it next to it. Second, don't point it at someone or something unless you're prepared to shoot them. This ties into the third: Treat the gun as if it's loaded, even if it's not. Even if you just took the clip out. It only takes one fuck up to shoot yourself in the face.

It's a hell of a last faster than a bow, and it'll go off 10 times easier. Gotta respect it.

Edited 2024-08-22 00:23 (UTC)

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